My House is Your Hotel
As alternative lodging sites soar in popularity, regulators sharpen their gaze.
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My House is Your Hotel
Tom and Kath Collom’s home sits in a short row of similarly pointy-roofed, 1902 saltbox Victorians in a semi-industrial neighborhood just north of Eureka’s Old Town. The bay is close by, as is the first of several bridges inchworming across to the Samoa Peninsula. The houses are cute, their surroundings humble. On a weekday evening,…
The Fairest of Them All
Indeed, there was never any doubt, but this is just to say Humboldt County took the gold medal again (won last year, too) at the California State Fair 2014 for its booth promoting Humboldt goodness. The booth, a creation of the Humboldt County Convention & Visitors Bureau and Humboldt Made, featured products made in Humboldt set in…
Alderpoint Homicide Suspect Caught Following Second Shooting
Rancho Sequoia homicide suspect Matthew Aaron Brown was captured by the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office this morning after another apparent fatal shooting Monday night. According to a sheriff’s office press release, residents of the area were looking for Brown when one of them was shot. When deputies arrived on scene, one man was found dead…
Rodeo Fabulous
Corral couture was in full swing at the Fortuna Rodeo this weekend. While the broncs and bulls bucked in the arena, it was a rodeo runway on the other side of the fence, with custom boots, blinding buckles, denim and Stetsons. Just take a gander at how folks worked their Western wear. Related Stories
Homicide Suspect, Victim Identified
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office has identified the victim in a homicide Friday night as 49-year-old Neil Eugene Decker, of Alderpoint, and suspect his killer was 30-year-old Matthew Aaron Brown, who remains on the loose and should be considered armed and dangerous. Deputies responded to a call shortly before 11 p.m. Friday to the Alderpoint…
West End Road Fire Kills One
An 86-year-old man died in a house fire on West End Road Sunday morning. Jack Wilson, who lived at the home on the 9000 block of West End Road, died in the fire, Coroner Dave Parris confirmed today. The coroner’s office suspects Wilson died of accidental smoke inhalation, and Parris said the Arcata Fire Protection…
Tax Delinquent Arkley Properties Paid Off in Eleventh Hour
If you’ve trained your eye not skip over those black and white legal notices in the back of the Journal like we have, you may have noticed a big long list of tax-delinquent properties that ran in June. Nearly 200 property owners around the county had failed, in the last five years, to pay property…
A Very Special Finding Bigfoot
On Sunday, July 20, take the night off from trolling the woods in your furry suit and settle in for James “Bobo” Fay’s return to our neck of the woods. A very special “Finding Bigfoot” takes the sasquatch hunters to Humboldt in search of giant footprints, shadowy figures and infrared footage. The episode airs at…
Weird Science
People are no longer shocked by tattoos, you say? Challenge accepted. The Enigma, whose face and entire body (just going to take his word for it) are covered in blue puzzle pieces, returns to Eureka with Circus Emporium Roadshow for the Sexy Science Sideshow at Synapsis on Sunday, July 20 at 8 p.m. ($7). It’s…
Goodbye, Jack Mays
Artist Jack Mays, colorful chronicler of Ferndale, has died, The Ferndale Enterprise reports. Mays had battled cancer since 2004 — living nearly a decade longer than the doctors had predicted he would, and doing all sorts of inspiring and lively things in that time. He captured every inch of Ferndale and many of its people in elaborately…
Déjà Reggae
Dear Humboldt, Until you can whip up a 30-second video to beat him, we will keep giving this strange, sudsy man tickets. The winner and reigning champ of the ROTR 2014 contest is the auteur behind video #7, aka that guy in the freaky, green Borat swimsuit. Congratulations, sir.
Tonight’s Setlist: Old Friends, Young Voices
Trinidadians, take note: The Westhaven Center for the Arts looks to be hopping this weekend. Tonight at 7 p.m., the RLA Trio (Tim Randles, Mike LaBolle and Bobby Amirkhan) performs with guest singer Claire Bent , reputed to be “the finest young jazz singer in town.” Cover is $5 to $10 sliding scale. On Saturday…
A Folkin’ Good Time
Humboldt loves its folk music so much that we’re surprised they haven’t married yet. The Humboldt Folklife Society pays tribute to the folksier things in life every year with an entire week of twangy, acoustic folkiness. The Humboldt Folklife Festival runs through Saturday, July 19 with a different folky focus each night. Thursday, July 17…
Our Owl Problem in Nat’l Geo
Once again, our owl problem is in the news. National Geographic Daily News has a story today about the experiment to give northern spotted owls a chance at keeping a talon-hold on their habitat by killing barred owls. And, once again, the tale stars Green Diamond wildlife biologist Lowell Diller and his spaniel, Riley. Diller, it must be…
Tonight’s Setlist: A-Town’s Biggish Name Options
Two fine Arcata shows await your attendance tonight. How’re you feeling, Humboldt? Christian Lee Hutson is one of a new generation of American singer-songwriters clearly drawn toward the traditional, but not hampered by tradition. His music has a certain elegance, more Bulleit than Jack, which likely accounts for the 24-year-old Huston’s having already shared stages…
Yee and also Hah
Fortuna kids know summer is in full swing as soon as the semi trucks roll into Rohner Park, their trailers loaded full of neon-lit carnival cars. The horse trailers are never far behind. The Fortuna Rodeo is a week of bronco busting, barrel racing and barbecues, with a carnival right next door, and the hootenanny…
Tout Sweet Corn
My memories of eating freshly harvested corn as a child in Italy involve a field and fire, but no pot or butter. I ate corn at most once a year, if, on harvest day, we happened to visit family friends who grew some to feed their chickens. We roasted ears of corn over an outdoor…
Coming Home
First up, the Humboldt Folklife Festival goodness continues through Saturday, July 19 – please see the calendar section for full listings, then round out your selections with the shows below, which include a number of formerly-of-Humboldt highlights. Thursday: Sparse and sophisticated Christian Lee Hutson is one of a new generation of American singer-songwriters clearly drawn…
Fortuna Rodeo 2014
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State of Jefferson
There’s life back in Jefferson School. A couple of years ago, the burgeoning warmth that now fills the hallways, classrooms, kitchen and grounds could only be imagined. Now, the chatter of school kids echoes down the hallways on a foggy summer afternoon. Heidi Benzonelli, co-director of the Westside Community Improvement Association, which purchased and is…
We Go In Pig
We go in pig we come out sausage. No mill on earth can push in sausage and pour out pig.
Big Trees
About 70 forest lovers and tree studiers gathered recently up at Humboldt State University to listen to two “gurus” of the old growth forest realm engage in a discussion about how forest stewardship can promote old-growth functions that benefit “climate, wildlife, water, and a sustained resource economy,” as the Pacific Forest Trust’s invitation to the…
McKinleyville Arts Night
Silver Lining hosts Nurelle Harrigan’s paintings and assemblages exploring order and chaos in the natural world. is presented by members of the McKinleyville business community and is open for all McKinleyville businesses to display the work of local artists. Receptions for artists, exhibits and/or performances are from 6-8 p.m. on the third Friday of each…
Synth Banned
Synthetic weed. Let that sink in for a minute. Talk about complicating things. A small, brightly colored foil packet — like ones filled with vitamin powder — labeled “Not For Human Consumption.” Inside, some kind of dried, ground-up organic matter, doused in some chemical, concocted in some lab, meant to mimic THC. Sound sketchy? Yes,…
Feeling Slandered
Editor: Elizabeth Drabkin responded with a deeply felt retort to John Hardin’s offensive letter (“Letters,” July 3 and June 26, respectively), and I thank her for it, for when I read his letter, I was dumbstruck. Oh, I wanted to respond, give vent to the insult I felt. But words failed me. To liken me,…
Feeling Apologetic
Editor: My deep and sincere apologies to Ms. Drabkin, and any other NCJ readers who took offense to my recent letter to the editor (“Letters,” June 26). I did not, in any way, intend to belittle, deny or diminish the suffering that Jewish people have endured historically, or the prejudice and persecution against them that…
Lamb, It’s Delicious
Editor: Your July 3 article “Hog Riled” reported that our only local USDA approved slaughter house will no longer accept hogs, but that’s not the only change. It also won’t accept sheep unless they have been sheared. Although this sounds catastrophic to sheep ranchers, I believe that in the long run it will force us…
More Boos for Buhne
Editor: If Ryan Hurley is going to write about “Ranking the News,” (“Game of Groans,” July 3), he should take the time to inform himself about news sources elsewhere in the county. The Southern Humboldt Life and Times has been defunct for several years. It was purchased and resuscitated as the Redwood Times. A reader…
Evolution
Review DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES. The previous installment in this set of prequels, Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011), somehow escaped my attention until this past weekend. I wish somebody had told me what I was missing. I was taken aback by the quality of the effects and the excitement…
